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Single tickets to the 2015 Virginia Arts festival have gone on sale. The annual spring event will take place April 10 through May 30 in venues from Williamsburg to Virginia Beach. The opening week includes performances by Ballet Hispanico on April 10 and singer Roseanne Cash on April 11, both at the Roper Performing Arts Center in downtown Norfolk. Trumpeter Wynton Marsalis and his Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra will bring two shows April 12 to the Attucks Theatre in Norfolk. Other April highlights include Bartok's opera, "Bluebeard's Castle," with sets by glass artist Dale Chihuly, on April 18-19 in Norfolk's Chrysler Hall, and a family favorite, the...

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Single tickets to the 2015 Virginia Arts festival have gone on sale.
The annual spring event will take place April 10 through May 30 in venues from Williamsburg to Virginia Beach.
The opening week includes performances by Ballet Hispanico on April 10...

More than two dozen current and former workers have been added to a race discrimination lawsuit against Newport News Industrial Corp.
The original lawsuit, filed by eight workers in September, contends that workers at the company — a division of Newport...

Black History Month is a celebration of African-American history and culture. This year, the Daily Press is presenting a Black History Primer with the information you need to know about African-American history in four Peninsula localities. Each Sunday in...

Ophelia Derriere is all about body image, all about female empowerment, all about feeling good.
When she takes the stage at the Naro Expanded Cinema in Norfolk to dance in the Vice and Virtue burlesque revue, she will be moving and grooving...

If you like the song "Take Me to Church," and it's probably better for you if you do, because it's impossible to avoid on the radio these days, then you might like this extra dose of artistry.
Even if you're not a fan of ballet, this show of...

So, ten lords a-leaping, six geese a-laying, three French hens and a partridge in a pear tree aren't on your Christmas list this year. If they were, it would cost you more than five gold rings, anyway.
According to the Christmas Price Index compiled by...

It's too early to call it a Middle Peninsula holiday tradition, but the Bayside Youth Ballet's "The 12 Days of Christmas" is making a solid step in that direction.
After a sold-out inaugural performance in 2013, the 2014 edition will take the...

Welcome to the day after Christmas. The packages have all been unwrapped and the figgy pudding has been eaten. It's a good time to reflect on what the new year will bring.Lucky for us, some unusual artists will be visiting our concert halls in January....

January 1, 2015, Baltimore, MD - Penguins, snowmen, and reindeer filled the Matthew Whaley Elementary School stage on New Year's Eve, all role played by young audience members at First Night Williamsburg's presentation for children by Thirst 'n' Howl...

If there are visions of sugar plums dancing in your head, it must be the season for "The Nutcracker."
Like presents under the tree, this popular holiday offering comes in all shapes and sizes. Large touring companies bring lavish sets and...

Here is a list of holiday events around the Hampton Roads area. It will be updated regularly.
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Thursday, Nov. 27-Jan. 1: Celebration in Lights at Newport News Park, 13560 Jefferson Avenue, opens on Thanksgiving and runs through New Year's...

The "Dancing With the Stars" franchise announced its upcoming tour dates on Tuesday, including a stop at The Ferguson Center in Newport News on Tuesday, Jan. 13.
The 90-minute show will feature top names from the popular ABC-TV...

Capt. Art Conway of Conway's River Rat Guide Service (804-746-2475) out of Ed Allen’s Boats and Bait reported that Chickahominy Lake mid-day water temperatures were in the high 60’s to low 70’s in the main lake on Wednesday (09/24/2014). The lake...

"Where did the summer go," we all ask? And for many of us, the next question is often, "What's coming up on the fall arts scene." The short answer is a diverse lineup of music, theater and dance events promise some outstanding nights...

Ten months after Al Johnson died, the Unifics are being re-born.
The soul vocal quartet, which had several hits in the late 1960s and early '70s, lost its sweet-singing front man when Johnson, a Newport News native, died of a heart attack at age 65....

They flutter their arms, following the lead of 10-year-old Gus Zaletski. They shape their bodies into first position. One or two gaze at themselves intently in the wall-length mirror.
Their movements are accompanied by classical music and the soft,...

Every Friday in Ticket, the Daily Press offers suggestions on things to do over the weekend and upcoming events to plan for. There are often lots more that won't fit into the print sections. So look here for Ticket Extras! online each Friday. This is a...

Watch a dance, attend a play, listen to a concert. Hampton Roads has many local groups as well as visiting artists with national reputations who offer great performances. It's a perfect way to expand your horizons and introduce your children to the arts....

The East Coast Surfing Championships, an annual late-summer tradition in Virginia Beach, will feature music from a couple of marquee-name rock acts as well as a host of top-tier local performers, according to a schedule announced this week.
Topping the...